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News and Publications
IIJD "Calls for Action":
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The IIJD periodically responds to current events in Africa that we feel have the potential to destabilize the state or region in which they occur. We call upon local, national, and international actors to meet the continent’s most pressing needs and to find sustainable solutions to the continent’s most unforgivable tragedies. Please read below for our most recent campaigns.
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| IIJD Call for Action: Kenyan Crisis | Click to open/close tab |
Stop Kenyan Crisis Before it's too Late |
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January 2008 |
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The IIJD calls upon the United Nations and the international community to recognize and take action on the alarming situation that is currently developing in Kenya. A country that was once a beacon for stable democracy and a model for economic progress is on the verge of a descent into poverty and developmental crisis due to the corruption and violence that has recently erupted there. Economists have made careful estimates that the crisis could as much as half the economic growth rate for the upcoming year, and with the violation of the basic human rights of all Kenyan citizens now imminently threatened, immediate action is necessary. |
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List of Recipients
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| Ban Ki-Moon | UN Secretary General |
| Condoleezza Rice | U.S. Secretary of State |
| Gordon Brown | UK Prime Minister |
| Jendayi Frazer | U.S. Under Secretary of State for Africa |
| Peter Ogego | Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S. |
| Ambassador Jean-Maurrice Ripert | Permanent Mission of France to the UN |
| Ambassador Wang Guangya | Permanent Mission of the PRC to the UN |
| Ambassador Vitaly Churkin | Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN |
| Ambassador Sir John Sawers | Permanent Mission of the UK to the UN |
| Ambassador Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad | Permanent Mission of the US to the UN |
| Ambassador Johan C. Verbeke | Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN |
| Ambassador Jorge Urbina | Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN |
| Ambassador Dr. R. M. Marty M. Natalegawa | Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the UN |
| Ambassador Zachary Dominic Muburi-Muita | Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the UN |
| Ambassador Mirjana Mladineo | Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the UN |
| Ambassador Michel Kafando | Permanent Mission of Burkina Faso to the UN |
| Ambassador Le Luong Minh | Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the UN |
| Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo | Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa to the UN |
| Ambassador Ricardo Alberto Arias | Permanent Mission of Panama to the UN |
| Ambassador Mr Giadalla A. Ettalhi | Permanent Mission of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the UN |
| Ambassador Marcello Spatafora | Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN |
| IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in the Central African Republic | Click to open/close tab |
IIJD Call for Action: The Central African Republic on the Verge of Collapse |
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The IIJD calls upon the United Nations and the international community to recognize and take action on the alarming situation that is currently developing in the Central African Republic (CAR). For many years the CAR has been teetering on the edge of chaos and recent developments have only led to a more inevitable collapse. In a country now overrun with violence, fear and lawlessness, only a swift, deliberate and concentrated United Nations, African Union, and local government effort will be able to create peace and stability. With the lives of hundreds of thousands of Central Africans now in danger, immediate action is necessary. |
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| July/August 2007 | ||
| IIJD Call for Action: US-based journalist unjustly charged in Gambia | Click to open/close tab |
IIJD Call for Action: Fatou Jaw Manneh Remains in Gambia |
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April/May 2007 |
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UPDATED: The IIJD continues its call for action to release journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh, who was held by the Gambian government on charges of sedition after giving a critical interview accusing the president of inaction and betrayal. The day before her trial recommenced on June 27th, her charges were amended “to false publication with intent to cause alarm and fear in society and uttering seditious words.” This provides hope for those working to help Manneh, because according to The Gambia Echo, amending a charge translates to a lesser penalty in the case of conviction. However, this amendment also indicates foul play on the part of the prosecution that knows it cannot win on the original charges of sedition and so is moving to a misdemeanor charge that it feels it can win. On June 27, the second prosecution witness, Mr. Basiru Gassama, completed his testimony against Manneh, reading excerpts of the interview for which Manneh was charged with sedition, citing her criticism and frustration with the Gambian president Yahya Jammeh and her insinuation that he should be replaced. However, it became apparent in his testimony that he did not posses the vocabulary necessary to understand the meaning of many of Manneh’s comments, and merely understood that she was criticizing his president in a way he didn’t agree with. In an important development, the judge in the Kanifing Magistrate’s Court has ruled that the charges brought against Manneh are offenses in the Gambia, and that it should be transferred from the Kanifing Magistrates' Court to the Banjul Magistrate’s court according to the Daily Observer in Banjul. The Judge in Kanifing felt the jurisdiction of the Banjul Magistrate’s court is better equipped to hear the case because that is where the article was first read and where the sedition charge was first voiced. The trial continues in Banjul, and Fatou Jaw Manneh remains in the Gambia as her trial moves forward. |
| Click here to read the Letter to the Gambian Ambassador to the UN. |
| April 2007 |
| Click here for an update on the Freedom of Speech Tried in Gambia. |
| May 2007 |
| Links to articles on this issue: |
| allafrica.com |
| http://allafrica.com/stories/200704100634.html |
| gambianow.com |
| gambianow.com http://www.gambianow.com/news/News |
| protectiononline.org |
| http://www.protectionline.org/spip.php?article2607 |
| IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in Zimbabwe | Click to open/close tab |
IIJD Call for Action: Democratic Hopes for Zimbabwe Threatened by Government Repression |
March/April 2007 |
The recent developments in Zimbabwe have given rise to concern about human rights and the advancement of democracy in the country. The IIJD has been closely following the situation in Zimbabwe and calls for the stakeholders in the international community to take a stronger stance against the systematic dismantling of democratic processes and silencing of opposition by the Mugabe administration. |
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| IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in Somalia | Click to open/close tab |
IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in Somalia |
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March/April 2007 |
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The IIJD has responded to the crisis in Somalia with the hope of galvanizing the international community to act toward sustainable peace in this region of East Africa. We call upon all those with the capacity for change in Somalia to take efforts toward a just and expedient solution to this bloody conflict. |
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| AU Deployment Offers Chance for Stability in Somalia | |
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| IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in Guinea | Click to open/close tab |
IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in Guinea |
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February/March 2007 |
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The IIJD has been closely monitoring the situation in Guinea - which threatens to destroy the fragile peace finally being enjoyed in West Africa – with growing concern. It is our sincere hope that those in a position to make a difference answer this Call for Action. |
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| Click here to read more about efforts to prevent destabilization in West Africa | |
| February/March 2007 | |
| IIJD Call for Action: Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Click to open/close tab |
IIJD Call for Action: The Presidential Elections at the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
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November/December 2006 |
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In light of recent developments after the elections in the DRC, the IIJD calls upon the international community to set high standards for future elections. Doing this will ensure that other countries will not have the same difficulties that the DRC is having right now. |
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| Click here to read more about efforts to prevent destabilization in West Africa | |
| February/March 2007 | |
